I have a lovely gardenia standard (ie a bush trained into a tree) in my place that has just given me my first autumn bloom. A few more ripe buds will follow suit shortly. They are one of the most wonderful, intoxicatingly fragrant flowers to have.
Can you smell it?
Sweet, creamy, heady, exotic. *sigh*
The blooms last but a few days, so I enjoy them while I can. I feel blessed to have them.
My friend says, they bloom just for me...... Now isn't that a lovely thought?
PS The species I have are known as gardenia jasminoides.
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